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Infinitive: to want

vouloir

volere

voler

querer

querer

Present: want(s)

veux

voglio / vò

vull

quiero

quero

veux

vuoi

vols

quieres

queres

veut

vuole

vol

quiere

quer

voulons

vogliamo

volem

queremos

queremos

voulez

volete

voleu

queréis

quereis

veulent

vogliono

volen

quieren

querem

Imperfect: wanted/used to want

voulais

volevo

volia

quería

queria

voulais

volevi

volies

querías

querias

voulait

voleva

volia

quería

queria

voulions

volevamo

volíem

queríamos

queríamos

vouliez

volevate

volíeu

queríais

queríes

voulaient

volevano

volien

querían

queriam

Preterite: wanted

voulus

volli /volsi

volguí

quise

quis

(rare in French or Italian speech)

voulus

volesti

volgueres

quisiste

quiseste

(alternative Catalan below)

voulut

volle / volse

volgué

quiso

quis

voulûmes

volemmo

volguérem

quisimos

quisemos

voulûtes

voleste

volguéreu

quisisteis

quisestes

voulurent

vollero / volsero

volgueren

quisieron

quiseram

Future: will want

voudrai

vorrò

voldré

querré

quererei

voudras

vorrai

voldràs

querrás

quererás

voudra

vorrà

voldrà

querrá

quererá

voudrons

vorremo

voldrem

querremos

quereremos

voudrez

vorrete

voldreu

querréis

querereis

voudront

vorranno

voldran

querrán

quererão

Conditional: would want

voudrais

vorrei

voldria

querría

quereria

voudrais

vorresti

voldries

querrías

quererias

voudrait

vorrebbe

voldria

querría

quereria

voudrions

vorremmo

voldríem

querríamos

quereríamos

voudriez

vorreste

voldríeu

querríais

quereríeis

voudraient

vorrebbero

voldrien

querrían

quereriam

Present Subjunctive: want(s)

veuille

voglia

vulgui

quiera

queira

veuilles

voglia

vulguis

quieras

queiras

veuille

voglia

vulgui

quiera

queira

voulions

vogliamo

vulguem

queramos

queiramos

vouliez

vogliate

vulgueu

queráis

queirais

veuillent

vogliano

vulguin

quieran

queiram

Imperfect Subjunctive: wanted

voulusse

volessi

volgués

quisiera

quisesse

(rare in French speech)

voulusses

volessi

volguessis

quisieras

quisesses

(alternative Spanish below)

voulût

volesse

volgués

quisiera

quisesse

voulussions

volessimo

volguéssim

quisiéramos

quiséssemos

voulussiez

voleste

volguéssiu

quisierais

quisésseis

voulussent

volessero

volguessin

quisieran

quisessem

Affirmative Imperative

Singular familiar you

veux / veuille

vogli

vulgues

quiere

quer

Singular formal you

voulez / veuillez

voglia

vulgui

quiera

queira

Let's...

voulons / veuillons

vogliamo

vulguem

queramos

queiramos

Plural familiar you

voulez / veuillez

vogliate

vulgueu

quered

querei

Plural formal you

voulez / veuillez

vogliano

vulguin

quieran

queiram

Negative Imperative

Singular familiar you

ne veuille pas

non volere

no vulguis

no quieras

não queiras

Singular formal you

ne veuillez pas

non voglia

no vulgui

no quiera

não queira

Let's not...

ne veuillons pas

non vogliamo

no vulguem

no queramos

não queiramos

Plural familiar you

ne veuillez pas

non vogliate

no vulgueu

no queráis

não queirais

Plural formal you

ne veuillez pas

non vogliano

no vulguin

no quieran

não queiram

Gerund: wanting
Present Participle: wanting

en voulant
voulant

volendo
volente

volent

queriendo

querendo

Past Participle: wanted

voulu

voluto

volgut

querido

querido

Auxiliary verb used in perfect tenses

avoir

avere

haver

haber

ter

The periphrastic past in Catalan is an alternative to the preterite. It is formed by using anar as an auxiliary verb followed by the infinitive.

vaig voler

vas voler

va voler

vam voler

vau voler

van voler

There is an alternative form of the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish, which is more similar to Portuguese. Simply replace -ra- with -se- for all conjugations:

quisiera / quisiese

quisieras / quisieses

quisiera / quisiese

quisiéramos / quisiésemos

quisierais / quisieseis

quisieran / quisiesen

The future subjunctive is only used in formal or literary Spanish, but it is easy to conjugate since it is nearly identical to the imperfect subjunctive forms. The future subjunctive in Portuguese is very common and the same endings are used for the personal infinitive (see below).

Spanish

Portuguese

quisiere

quiser

quisieres

quiseres

quisiere

quiser

quisiéremos

quisermos

quisiereis

quiserdes

quisieren

quiserem

The personal infinitivein Portuguese uses the infinitive as the stem + the endings of the future subjunctive.

querer

quereres

querer

querermos

quererdes

quererem

There is an alternative form of the past perfect in Portugueuse which only uses one word rather than an auxiliary verb + past participle. These conjugations are quite similar to the imperfect subjunctive conjugations using -ra- in Spanish. However, this simple form is only used in formal or literary Portuguese. (Note that the imperfect subjunctive in Spanish using -ra- can also be used in formal or literary language as an alternative to the compound past perfect.)

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